AI (Artificial Intelligence)

TL;DR A network packet contains a limited set of facts, such as addresses, ports, protocol information, flags, and payload data. The security decision surrounding that packet can be far larger. NSX Gateway Firewall and VMware vDefend can combine packet facts with connection state, routing, workload groups, identity context, Layer 7 application identification, TLS policy, IDS/IPS

TL;DR AI adoption data is not the same as productivity evidence. Licenses assigned, active Copilot users, prompts submitted, tokens consumed, suggestions accepted, and lines of code generated can show that a tool is available and being used. They do not prove that the organization improved revenue, customer experience, end-to-end cycle time, quality, operating margin, or